RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV

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Entropy-Based Active Vision for a Humanoid Soccer Robot....Pages 1-12
A Realistic Simulation Tool for Testing Face Recognition Systems under Real-World Conditions....Pages 13-24
Thermal Face Recognition Using Local Interest Points and Descriptors for HRI Applications....Pages 25-35
On Progress in RoboCup: The Simulation League Showcase....Pages 36-47
Odometry Correction for Humanoid Robots Using Optical Sensors....Pages 48-59
SSL-Humanoid....Pages 60-71
Localization with Non-unique Landmark Observations....Pages 72-81
MR-Simulator: A Simulator for the Mixed Reality Competition of RoboCup....Pages 82-96
Learning Footstep Prediction from Motion Capture....Pages 97-108
Kicking a Ball – Modeling Complex Dynamic Motions for Humanoid Robots....Pages 109-120
Towards Semantic Scene Analysis with Time-of-Flight Cameras....Pages 121-132
Providing Ground-Truth Data for the Nao Robot Platform....Pages 133-144
Optimizing Particle Filter Parameters for Self-localization....Pages 145-156
Improving People Awareness of Service Robots by Semantic Scene Knowledge....Pages 157-168
An Evaluation of Open Source SURF Implementations....Pages 169-179
A Semantic World Model for Urban Search and Rescue Based on Heterogeneous Sensors....Pages 180-193
Improving Biped Walk Stability Using Real-Time Corrective Human Feedback....Pages 194-205
A Review of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators in Robotics....Pages 206-217
Biologically Inspired Mobile Robot Control Robust to Hardware Failures and Sensor Noise....Pages 218-229
 TopLeague and Bundesliga Manager: New Generation Online Soccer Games....Pages 230-241
Human vs. Robotic Soccer: How Far Are They? A Statistical Comparison....Pages 242-253
Learning Powerful Kicks on the Aibo ERS-7: The Quest for a Striker....Pages 254-265
Real-Time Active Vision by Entropy Minimization Applied to Localization....Pages 266-277
Multi-agent Behavior Composition through Adaptable Software Architectures and Tangible Interfaces....Pages 278-290
A Novel Real-Time Local Visual Feature for Omnidirectional Vision Based on FAST and LBP....Pages 291-302
Mixed 2D/3D Perception for Autonomous Robots in Unstructured Environments....Pages 303-313
Hierarchical Multi-robot Coordination....Pages 314-323
Biped Walking Using Coronal and Sagittal Movements Based on Truncated Fourier Series....Pages 324-335
Realistic Simulation of Laser Range Finder Behavior in a Smoky Environment....Pages 336-349
Cooperative Localization Based on Visually Shared Objects....Pages 350-361
Parameter Optimization of a Signal-Based Omni-Directional Biped Locomotion Using Evolutionary Strategies....Pages 362-373
Designing Effective Humanoid Soccer Goalies....Pages 374-385
A Supporter Behavior for Soccer Playing Humanoid Robots....Pages 386-396
Utilizing the Structure of Field Lines for Efficient Soccer Robot Localization....Pages 397-408
Robot Detection with a Cascade of Boosted Classifiers Based on Haar-Like Features....Pages 409-417
LearnPNP: A Tool for Learning Agent Behaviors....Pages 418-429
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